Wall construction



Oct. 1 6, 1 928.

W. A. FANNING WALL CONSTRUCTION Filed March 7, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORY William flF l ATI'ORNEY w NC;

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Patented Oct. 16, 1928.

- UNITED ST TES WILLIAM A. marina a or CHIQAGQ, imitators.

WALL ooNs'rnUo'rro v.

Application filed. March 7, 1928. Serial No 259,785.

The invention relates to improvements in wall constructions and has for its primary object the provision of an improved construction of this character whereby building operations may be improved and cheapened.

Another object of the invention isthe provision of an improved wall construction for buildings by meansof which a stone, or imitation stone wall, may be constructed very eco nomically. I 6

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved wall construction providing'air spaces therein.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter de- The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forminga part of this specification and in which Fig. 1 is aside elevation, adjacent a corner, of a wall construction embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, a vertical section taken substan tially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. at, an interior elevation of a portion of the wall, and

Fig. 5, a perspective view of a portion of the wall.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises outer courses of oblong blocks 6 laid alternately, The blocks 6 are preferably of stone, either natural orartificial, and, as shown, are made oblong in form, in the general form of a brick, but twice as large for an eight inch wall. Thus the blocks 6 are made sixteen inches long, eight inches wide, and four inches thick. The blocks 6 are laid in the wall in courses, as shown, alternately sidewise and edgewise, that is, in one course with their broad faces horizontally and, their longer edges exposed, the alternate course being arranged with the broad faces exposed. V

The wall proper is laid upon a base or foundation consisting of an inner edgewise course of the blocks 6, and an outer course of specially prepared ornamental base blocks 7 as shown.

Theinner portion of the wall is composed of inner courses of ordinary bricks 8, laid endwise between the sidewise courses of the V 3 dicated in Fig. 4, or to provide spaces 10 for the reception of the ends of rafters l1, orthe like, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 8, the adjacent bricks S are turned ed gewise in the wall.

At the corners of a building, and in order to make the joints symmetrical, corner blocks 6 are employed in the sidewise courses of the blocks 6 which are three-quarters the lengths of the normal blocks 6, thereby breaking joints as indicated. Otherwise the blocks 6' are the same as the block 6.

As indicated above, the blocks 6 and 6 are preferably of stone, either natural or artificial, and the inner blocks 8, 8 are ordinary common bricks and may be used or second-hand bricks, thereby greatly oheapening the construction. The air spaces 9 thus provided in the wall have the usual insulating effect of such air spaces in building walls. By this arrangement, a wall which is practically as strong and durable as a solid wall, and has insulating air spaces therein, may be constructed at relatively small cost.

While I have illustrated and described the.

therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details disclosed, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A wall construction comprising outer courses of oblong blocks having a width equal to the thickness of the wall, a length twice the width and a thickness one-half the width, said blocks being laid in courses alternately sidewise and edgewise; and inner courses of oblong blocks having a length equal to the width of said first mentioned blocks, a width one-half the length and a thickness one-half the width, laid endwise between said sidewise courses, most of said inner blocks being laid with their widths exposed, but some being turned edgewise to break joints or provide space for rafters or the like.

2. A wall construction comprising outer courses of oblong blocks haying a width equal to the thickness of thewall, a length twice the width and a thickness one-half the width, saidblocks being laid in courses alternately sidewise and edgewise; and :corner blocks being interposed in said sidewise courses having lengths three-quarters of the length of the other blocks in said courses but otherwise the same; and inner courses of oblong blocks having a length equal to the Width of said first mentioned blocks, a width one-half the length and a thickness onehalf the width, laid endwise between said sidewise courses, most of said inner blocks being laid with their widths exposed but some being turned edgewise to break joints" or provide space for rafters or the like.

v 3. A wall construction comprising outer courses of oblong blocks having a width equal to the thickness of the wall, and a thickness one half the width, said blocks being laid in courses alternately sidewise and edgewise; and inner courses of oblong blocks having a length equal'to the'width of said first mentioned blocks, a width one-half the length and a thickness one-half the width, laid endwise between said sidewise courses'and, with the edges of said sidewise courses, completing the inner face of the wall, most: of said inner blocks being laid with theirfl widths exposed.

but some being turned edgewise to span and break the enclosed air space thereby leaving reinforced openings for the reception of the ends of rafters or the like. 

